Rumsfeld Resigns

[donsaeid]

Halleluja! i heard it in news before i went to sleep! CNN had todays good news for me

[zubin]

i'm sooo happy about this news... but is it enough?

[donsaeid]

No but hopefully just to more years with this crap! Democrats have all power now!

[golgol85]

i'm sooo happy about this news... but is it enough?

its a good start, but it surely is not even close to being enough. a lot of change is necessary to get this country back on track.

[abadani69]

VIVA DEMOCRATS!!!!!!!!!!!

[golgol85]

they are better than the republicans har chi ke hastan (no offense to the republicans of the site).

[abadani69]

VIVA BOTH aslan man ro che be polotics ke omadam inja. I don't even know what are you guys talking about!!

[golgol85]

kheili ham khoob midooni, khodet ro nazan be oon rah. adam khoobe bedoone ke toye donya chi migzareh, makhsoosan dar morede siyasateh keshvari ke dari toosh zendegi mikoni.

Rumsfeld left right before he would have to answer for all the stupid millitary mistakes he made. He is smart man, politics is more of a logic game than anything else. It has to do with timing, convincing others that you are right even though you are wrong, and manipulating people to get what you want.

[abadani69]

I really don't care about polotics no matter which country. I am too busy to hear or watch the news anyways.

[golgol85]

whatever floats your boat, although i suggest you care because these sorts of things influence your life directly or indirectly whether you like it or not.

[donsaeid]

Watever!

Ama che farghi! Rumsfeld raft yeki khar tar omad! raise sabeghe CIA under George Bush Father!

[donsaeid]

[mike435]

father bush saving son

[donsaeid]

[donsaeid]

Bush: Rumsfeld stepping down


WASHINGTON (AP) -- Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld stepped down Wednesday, one day after congressional elections in which opposition to the war in Iraq contributed to heavy Republican Party losses.

President George W. Bush said he would nominate Robert Gates, a former CIA director, to replace Rumsfeld at the Pentagon.

Asked whether his announcement signaled a new direction in the war that has claimed the lives of more than 2,800 U.S. troops and thousands of Iraqis, Bush said, "Well, there's certainly going to be new leadership at the Pentagon." (Watch why the Army Times said Rumsfeld had to go -- 1:49 Video)

Bush lavished praise on Rumsfeld, who has spent six stormy years at the Pentagon. He disclosed he met with Gates last Sunday, two days before elections in which Democrats took control of the House of Representatives and possibly the Senate.

Last week, as he campaigned to save the Republican majority, Bush declared that Rumsfeld would remain at the Pentagon through the end of his term.

Rumsfeld, 74, was in his second tour of duty as defense chief. He first held the job a generation ago, when he was appointed by President Ford.

Gates is the president of Texas A&M University and a close friend of the Bush family. He served as director of the Central Intelligence for Bush's father from 1991 until 1993.

Gates first joined the CIA in 1966 and served in the intelligence community for more than a quarter century, under six presidents.

His nomination must be confirmed by the Senate.

Whatever confidence Bush retained in Rumsfeld, the Cabinet officer's support in Congress had eroded significantly. Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the House speaker-in-waiting, said at her first post-election news conference that Bush should replace the top civilian leadership at the Pentagon.

And Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, who had intervened in the past to shore up Rumsfeld, issued a statement saying, "Washington must now work together in a bipartisan way -- Republicans and Democrats -- to outline the path to success in Iraq."